1. The Mirror of Narcissus and the Magical Mirror of Love

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. I. The Mirror as Window in Recent Literary Theory
5. 1. The Resort to "Miracle" in Recent Poetics 3
6. 2. Contextualism and Its Alternatives 28
7. II. The Mirror as Window in Shakespeare's Sonnets
8. Introductory 73
9. 1. The Mirror of Narcissus and the Magical Mirror of Love 80
10. 2. Truth vs. Troth: The Worms of the Vile, Wise World 118
11. 3. State, Property, and the Politics of Reason 140
12. 4. The Miracle of Love's Eschatology and Incarnation 165
13. III. The Power of Poetic Effigy
14. The Power of Poetic Effigy 193
15. Index 219
16. Index of Sonnets 223